Ólöf Arnalds Streams New Album, Sudden Elevation
Ólöf Arnalds Sudden Elevation - the new album, out 4th February. (One Little Indian TPLP1152CD/ TPLP1152/ TPLP1152DL) New single A Little Grim 28thJanuary, video exclusive at The Guardian Free track Treat Her Kindly via Pitchfork Listening stream via SoundCloud ‘The kind of voice that can silence a room, such is its sweetness’ Time Out New York ‘Otherworldly’ New York Times ‘Navigating melody, melancholy and joy like Joanna Newsom’s little sister.’ SPIN ‘Bewitching’ The Independent ‘Ethereal, sonic heaven’ Sunday Times ‘stunning’ Rolling Stone ‘Vocally pure and warmly whimsical, Arnalds creates beguilingly pretty folk lullabies’ Daily Telegraph ‘A rare and charming talent’ The Times Recorded in her native Iceland, Sudden Elevation, Ólöf Arnald’s third full album – and her first sung entirely in English - captures a rare and idiosyncratic songwriting talent in full bloom. Her Pledge campaign to help fund touring and other costs has just reached its target, with 15 % of all pledges being donated to Unifem. http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/suddenelevation Produced again by long-time collaborator, Skúli Sverrisson, the new album was largely recorded in a late autumn 2011 stint in a seaside cabin in Hvalfjörður (literally ‘Whale-fjord’), in the west of Iceland. 2010’s Innundir skinni and last year’s Ólöf Sings covers EP attracted worldwide critical acclaim, Mojo venturing a Rising piece while Q named Ólöf as one of their Most Exciting People In Music. Major features followed in Dazed & Confused, The Guardian, Stool Pigeon, Clash, and at the end of the year, Innundir skinni appeared in Uncut magazine’s 50 Best Albums Of 2010, also appearing amongst the finalists for the prestigious Nordic Music Prize that year.
